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Voices of Ohio Public Education

Parents, students, school board members, educators, and school administrators continue to work hard to protect high quality public education in Ohio, and their actions deserve a VOICE. Read about their successful public education advocacy efforts, and be informed and inspired by other activists like yourself who believe that public education matters.

Why is high quality public education important to you?

Parent

Dennis Kucinich, former Mayor of Cleveland, State Senator and U.S. Congressman, recently led a series of town halls across Ohio about the impact of the failed Charter School Industry on Public Education and Ohio Taxpayers. I organized and promoted the …

Teacher

My name is Brianne Kramer, and I used to be a high school advisor at Ohio Virtual Academy (OHVA), a K12, Inc. owned school. I worked at OHVA from November 2013 to November 2014. I have been in education for …

Teacher

I am a public school teacher in Oberlin, Ohio. As I do year after year, I had my fifth-graders write editorials for the Newspaper in Education contest sponsored by our local Chronicle-Telegram newspaper. And as I always do, I gave …

Parent

I am Melissa Marini Švigelj-Smith, a parent activist from Cleveland who’s very concerned about excessive testing- so concerned that I spoke to the Board of Education of the Cleveland Metropolitan Schools and requested that the board adopt a policy that …

Teacher

Dan Greenberg, Founder, Northwest Ohio Friends of Public Education As a teacher and a parent in Sylvania, Ohio, I know that a strong public education is critical for children and the community. In recent years, though, public schools have come …

Parent

I am Mandy Jablonski, a parent and public education activist from Lorain County Public Education Defenders. Toni Jones, a dedicated parent activist, and I did some research and put together information about the amount of money that every district in …